Yentl (1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Yentl: Directed by Barbra Streisand. With Barbra Streisand, Mandy Patinkin, Amy Irving, Nehemiah Persoff. A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.

In an Ashkenazic shtetl in Poland, Yentl Mendel is the boyishly klutzy daughter and only child of long widowed Rebbe ("Talmud Teacher") Mendel, who teaches Talmud (a codification of Jewish Law) to local boys - and to Yentl, but secretly because girls were not …

Yentl : Why is it that every book I buy, every bookseller has the same old argument? Yentl's Father : You know why.

"Yentl" is based on the story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" by the late Isaac Bashevis Singer, the last great Yiddish author. Yentl is the bright, intelligent daughter of Reb (Rabbi) Mendl, a widower, played by the great Nehemiah Persoff.

A Film Is Born: The Making of 'Yentl': With Barbra Streisand, Amy Irving, Mandy Patinkin, Iain Johnstone. A behind-the-scenes look at the hard work that went into creating this Oscar-winning film about a young woman determined to pursue her dreams of …

Though Yentl is much younger than Avigdor, Mandy Patinkin was only 30 years old at the time and Barbra Streisand was 40. Amy Irving became the first actress to be nominated for an Academy Award and a Razzie for the same performance.

A Film Is Born: The Making of 'Yentl' (TV Movie 1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Yentl Mendel (Barbra Streisand), a young Jewish woman living in a small shtetl (town) in 1904 Poland with her rabbi father (Nehemiah Persoff), wants little more out of life than to cook dinner and darn a man's socks. She wants to study the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible) and Talmud (a codification of Jewish Law) and other ...

Yentl (1983) - Awards, nominations, and wins. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. TV Shows.